Opinion
No. 2022-05288
03-15-2023
In the Matter of Jake Lewis, petitioner, v. Linda S. Jamieson, etc., respondent. Jake Lewis, Mount Vernon, NY, petitioner pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Anjali Bhat of counsel), for respondent.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Anjali Bhat of counsel), for respondent.
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, WILLIAM G. FORD, JANICE A. TAYLOR, JJ.
DECISION & JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Linda S. Jamieson, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, to vacate an order dated May 9, 2022, issued in an action entitled Bank of New York Mellon v Lewis, pending in that court under Index No. 50543/17.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 N.Y.2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., MALTESE, FORD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.